"Hippopotamus" literally means "river horse" though https://twitter.com/XiranJayZhao/status/1316076159315005442 …
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Not because they were imported on ships??
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Yeah that is what I always thought was the case.
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And to the French. Cochon d'Inde = Pig from India. Lots of French people think it's cochon dinde (turkey pig, bird not country) which paint a bizarre picture
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Of course, dinde is derived from Coq d'Inde anyway, so it's sort of moot. In Portuguese, turkeys are called 'Peru,' which is equally not where turkeys come from. Three European languages, three different inaccurate geographical names.
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